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Comment: Canada begins search for new privacy commissioner as period of regulatory transition looms

By Mike Swift ( August 5, 2021, 23:20 GMT | Comment) -- The government of Canada has begun the search for a successor to Daniel Therrien to lead the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as the nation faces a period of uncertainty and transition on privacy regulation. Therrien's criticism of a proposed revamp of Canada's commercial online privacy law is consistent with his strong advocacy for tighter privacy rules and stronger enforcement during his seven years in office, but his broadside against proposed bill C-11 has not helped prospects for the legislation, which has made limited progress in Parliament.The government of Canada this month is looking for candidates to be the nation’s new chief privacy enforcer, at a moment of transition where the incumbent, Daniel Therrien, has blasted a proposed revamp of Canada’s commercial privacy law as inadequate for the nation’s privacy needs....

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